Version .74 has been released, upgrade some minor bugs, glithces, etc.

BUt the big news, is Trillian Pro 1.0. It costs $25, and has a very very nice interface, and is compatible with all the old skins, but it also adds a plug in interface, which you can use to track stocks, weather, news, sports, etc.

The cool thing is , if you were a donating member of Trillian, they gave you a free 1 year key to use Pro. IT includes any upgrades they make over the next year, and tech support.

I was a donater and thus have Pro for free. I'm very happy.

For those of you "not in the know" Trillian is an all in 1 chat program. It lets you use AIM, MSN, Yahoo, MSN , and IRC all out of the same program. And it takes up less RAM for all of them, then AIM does alone.

the thing i dont like is the $25 only gives you one year of upgrades.. granted it's a whole year, but then you pay again.. and granted it's not expensive, but I just feel like they sold out.. wasn't unexpected though, it's a great, very popular product, and they're still doing a "free" version but i've heard that before and it became less free and more ad-ware as it went along (aim, icq)

twikoff : I do agree, now, if they had just said "hey listen...from now on,all we are going to make is Pro, sorry" I would have far angrier, but , as is, I got Pro for free because I donated/registered my copy. I also downloaded .74. Theya re quite similiar, Pro feels more polished however(and for the $25 asking price, it better)

Trillian is one of the better instant messengers around, if not THE best...

I stopped using Trillian when AOL kept screwing them up every few days(I've personally grown to hate instant messengers). Has that died down yet? I got the email about the Pro version, and went ahead and downloaded it and generated myself a key since I was a donator.

Originally posted by AndyCapps I stopped using Trillian when AOL kept screwing them up every few days(I've personally grown to hate instant messengers). Has that died down yet? I got the email about the Pro version, and went ahead and downloaded it and generated myself a key since I was a donator.

Yeah, I think everytime AOL screwed with them, they were able to keep tweaking and tweaking, until finally they were recognized by OSCAR as an official AIM client.

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I got pro for free
I donated through pay pal a few months ago through their voluntary donation thing and got an email with the link to get pro and a key
well I guess technically it wasn't free as I did donate earlier, but I donated less than $25

Originally posted by mikehunt I got pro for free
I donated through pay pal a few months ago through their voluntary donation thing and got an email with the link to get pro and a key
well I guess technically it wasn't free as I did donate earlier, but I donated less than $25

On the one hand, I had always meant to donate when they fixed a few things (that still aren't fixed), so now it kind of sucks that I didn't. But on the other, there's really nothing new in Pro that I'd pay for.

How do you get Trillian to alert you when your buddies come online (like MSN Messenger)? In the screen shots, it looks like there's a window that pops up saying so-and-so is online, but I can't seem to find the option or plugin to do it. Any help? Please?

Originally posted by quietsoul How do you get Trillian to alert you when your buddies come online (like MSN Messenger)? In the screen shots, it looks like there's a window that pops up saying so-and-so is online, but I can't seem to find the option or plugin to do it. Any help? Please?

Unfold your Offline contact folder, then right click on the buddy "set alerts" and go from there.